Kickstarter Thoughts

[Devin Asay]

Lads and lasses,

I would humbly suggest this is not the time for strategizing on plan B or C. Just a week ago I was feeling pessimistic about the Kickstarter campaign. Not today. Consider these facts:

- One week ago the pledge total was less than £150K. Right now we are pushing £290K, and £300K is not out of the question by the end of today.

- It hasn't just been early pledgers increasing their pledges either. Nearly 700 new pledgers in the last week.

- The LiveCode campaign is #2 on the Kicktraq.com hot list.

- Yesterday the campaign set a record for total amount pledged, even more than the first day, at £34,219. Today we have already eclipsed that amount.

- Even given the slow days in the middle of the month, the campaign is now trending toward 90% funding. The high end of the projected cone at Kicktraq is well past the goal at over £372K.

- If we hit £300K today that leaves £50 for the last two days, or £25K needed per day. Donations yesterday and today have been well beyond that.

- There have been some seriously major media mentions over the last few days. Lots of people are noticing.

- My Kickstarter pledge meter has been going crazy today. I hear clinking coins almost constantly (Thanks Monte and Björnke.)

- I haven't even upped my pledge yet, but I will. :)

Are we out of the woods? Not by a long shot. We need to keep up the effort. But it is most definitely within reach!

Cheers,

Devin



On Feb 25, 2013, at 1:23 PM, Richmond wrote:

> On 02/25/2013 10:18 PM, dunbarx at aol.com wrote:
>> All.
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>> 
>> If we do fail, cannot we simply start again, with a goal set slightly lower, and assume (hope?) that all the original pledges will be repeated? If more comes in, and it seems that time is on our side, it simply means, well, more. I bet if the deadline was extended even one week, the goal would be met easily.
>> 
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>> Craig Newman
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> 
> Sounds sensible to me!
> 
> Richmond.
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Richmond <richmondmathewson at gmail.com>
>> To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>
>> Sent: Mon, Feb 25, 2013 3:11 pm
>> Subject: Re: Kickstarter Thoughts
>> 
>> 
>> On 02/25/2013 10:08 PM, Kevin Miller wrote:
>>> It is not possible to make a change to either the funding amount or the
>>> deadline. It is not possible to get any sort of exception. Period.
>>> Kickstarter are cast iron about this, it is one of their fundamental
>>> principals.
>>> 
>>> At this stage of the campaign, what we need is positive focus on making
>>> this happen. Discussion of a Plan B is not appropriate just now. Only by
>>> remaining positive will this campaign succeed. Lets make it happen we are
>>> so close! Just passed 80%.
>>> 
>>> Kind regards,
>>> 
>>> Kevin


Devin Asay
Office of Digital Humanities
Brigham Young University